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  • @dsstorefile1 I realize that, the quesiton is what do you call the calling convention the software uses. Commented May 30, 2018 at 1:36
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    I've always called it "multiplex dispatch". Commented May 30, 2018 at 1:52
  • @IgnacioVazquez-Abrams I remember the term multiplex from old lore interrupt days, never heard the term dispatch I think. Interesting. Commented May 30, 2018 at 2:59
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    That "int 80h" article says several things that do not really hold water, starting with the claim in just the 2nd paragraph there that MS-DOS did not allow "any program written in any language to access the kernel", something which people who wrote MS-DOS programs in languages from Pascal to Forth would I suspect strongly dispute. So do not treat it as gospel. Commented May 30, 2018 at 7:50